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Crock Pot and Slow Cooker

An updated version of Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: 700 Great Slow Cooker Recipes by Phyllis Pellman Good was recently released. Her Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook: Slow-Cooker Favorites to Include Everyone! and Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly: Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker are better cookbooks for those of us who want to watch what [...]

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Posted on June 24, 2010 in Cookbooks,Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as ,

This high fiber and protein and low in Weight Watchers POINTS recipe comes from The Vegetarian Slow Cooker: Over 200 Delicious Recipes by Judith Finlayson. She believes that more people than ever are choosing to reduce their consumption of meat for health, environmental and financial reasons. Instead, they’re choosing to eat diets rich in vegetables, [...]

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Posted on April 8, 2010 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Veggies,Weight Watchers

I look forward to having corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day even though it’s so high in fat and calories. (Every ounce of lean corned beef brisket has 53 calories and 2.2 grams of fat. Check the label to see what type you’re buying.) To make it my slow cooker corned beef and [...]

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Posted on March 16, 2010 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes and tagged as

This crockpot recipe is based on a New Mexican style dish by Jeanne Allen in the cookbook, FIX-IT and FORGET-IT LIGHTLY: Healthy, Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker. Machaca meat is used to stuff tacos, burritos, enchiladas, or is eaten by itself. I liked serving it “soupy” on brown rice. According to David Bulla at [...]

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Posted on March 4, 2010 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Venison

I’ve noticed that a lot of readers come here looking for crockpot and slow cooker recipes. Since I aim to please, I’ll be sharing a few of the ones I’ve recently made for my family. This one is based on a recipe by Sara Puskar and Nancy Wagner Graves that was featured in FIX-IT and [...]

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Posted on February 24, 2010 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Venison and tagged as , ,

A few more days to the big game! Have you decided what you want to serve yet? Here are some healthy recipes to help you out whether you’re throwing a Super Bowl party or bringing a dish to a potluck. Here at This Mama Cooks!: Beefy Squash and Zucchini Stew Pork, Squash, Butternut and Zucchini [...]

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Posted on February 3, 2010 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes and tagged as

With the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl games coming up, preparing a healthy slow cooker dish ahead of time is a great way to keep your family and party guests fed while you watch the game. This dish is based on Pork and Butternut Squash Stew found in the February 2010 issue of Ladies Home [...]

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Posted on January 26, 2010 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Soups,Weight Watchers and tagged as ,

Planning your meals is an important part of any diet, especially Weight Watchers. Either you need to make sure that your pantry and refrigerator are filled with nutritious, low calorie and high fiber foods – beans, whole wheat pasta, skim milk, fruit and veggies, etc. Or you need to prepare meals in advance so you [...]

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Posted on March 26, 2009 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as

Just when Thanksgiving and Christmas weight gains have finally been dieted off, here comes another eating holiday – SUPER BOWL. I love celebrating this American iconic event with a feast and have done healthy Super Bowl recipes and not so healthy (New England clam chowder and Philly cheese steak anyone?) in the past. Since I’m [...]

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Posted on January 23, 2009 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes and tagged as ,

Today we have a guest post about the new Weight Watchers Momentum Plan from LaaLoosh.com, a blog primarily dedicated to sharing delicious and exciting Weight Watchers Recipes that are low in Points, but not in taste. The author of LaaLoosh has been an avid Weight Watchers member for many years and really enjoys finding new [...]

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Posted on January 9, 2009 in Crock Pot and Slow Cooker,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as ,